The First Demon of the Chan Sect

"Ah!"

A piercing scream tore through the Nine Heavens, as Ying Jiu's body was cleaved in two by Li Qingming's longsword. Blood gushed wildly, and the two halves of the mutilated corpse fell across the Heavenly Vault.

"Hiss!"

The spectators all gasped in shock as they clearly saw Li Qingming merely waving his longsword in front of Ying Jiu before casually stepping past him, approaching Ying Ba, Ying Qi...

But it was this very clear, direct perception that sent chills down their spines!

That ease of Li Qingming, that ruthlessness, that casualness had been deeply imprinted in their minds and, over time, was slowly fermenting!

"An instantaneous surge of Space Rule Power!" Among all present, only the Golden Boat City Lord vaguely saw a faint—almost imperceptible—stream of silver Space Rule Power erupting as the longsword sliced through Ying Jiu's Spiritual Treasure and flesh, then withdrawing immediately after its release.

He asked himself if he could do the same, but not with such casual ease. Now, he was even more intrigued by Li Qingming and his group.

"Old Nine!" Ying Yi bellowed with rage as he watched Ying Jiu's tragic death. The Treasure Mallet changed direction and instantly broke through the Heavenly Vault, appearing behind Li Qingming.

As if possessing eyes on its own, Li Qingming simply sidestepped lightly while his sword gently flicked up, precisely cutting through Ying Ba and Ying Qi's Spiritual Treasures... and bodies.

"Old Eight, your leg!"

"Brother Seven, your head... Ah!"

Two more sounds of unspeakable misery reverberated across the Universe! With one strike, the sword had pierced through both their bodies, severing them into four pieces.

In just a few moves, three out of the ten peak Sub-Saint Level powerhouses from the Central Heaven World had fallen, all slain by Li Qingming using the Power of Space Rules!

Their deaths were so miserable, it was shocking to the heart!

All the spectators, whether they were the prominent figures from various realms below, the Cold Origin Guards, or those from the Huntian faction who had been captured by the Cold Origin Guards, were all filled with an indescribable chill.

Especially for Huntian, who now even harbored thoughts of death.

In such a short span of time, Li Qingming was under the joint siege of three Saints and seven peak Sub-Saints, unharmed and even managing to kill three within a few moves. His extreme might was terrifylingly awe-inspiring!

"Old Seven, Old Eight!" The utterly crazed Ying Yi finally snapped back to reality. When he saw Li Qingming standing calmly in the center, looking like an ordinary person, a warning from the depths of his Primordial Spirit made his hair stand on end and cold sweat pour down.

"No, we must stop him! Otherwise, we'll all die here!" Ying Yi's thoughts flashed like lightning, and a Secret Technique started circulating in his mind, bringing forth a deeply buried Taoist Skill from the depths of his Primordial Spirit.

He quickly sent a message to Ying Er and Ying San, saying: "Old Second, Old Third! We have no way out now. To let Old Fourth and the others escape alive from Han Yuan City, I've decided to activate the Forbidden Technique of Death!"

"Alright, big brother!" Ying Er and Ying San remained silent for a long moment, a solemn divine light flashing in their eyes.

"Old Four, Old Five, Old Six, listen well! Once I, your Second Brother, and Third Brother initiate the Forbidden Technique of Death, you seize the opportunity to escape through the space rift we tear open. Run as far as you can and don't look back!" Ying Yi sent a message to the remaining few brothers with a turn of thought.

"Don't, big brother!"

"Yes, big brother! We've lived together for so many years, not just as brothers but even closer. If we are to die, we'll die together!"

Ying Si, Ying Wu, and Ying Liu trembled intensely, their eyes revealing an undissolvable sorrow.

"Foolishness!" Ying Yi roared angrily, "Only if you survive can you have the hope to avenge us! There's no time left... Prepare yourselves!"

With that, Ying Yi exchanged silent nods with Ying Er and Ying San. Suddenly, they looked up to the sky and shouted: "Demon God Nine Cauldrons, emerge!"

"Bang... Bang... Bang..."

After nine incredibly loud metallic clangs, nine pitch-black cauldrons shot out from the mouths of the three brothers, slowly enlarging under the Heavenly Vault.

At the same time, they murmured unintelligible curses, and pitch-black runes floated out, marking the skies above the Nine Cauldrons.

Suddenly, the stars in the Heavenly Vault emitted a hazy silver light, and in the blink of an eye, the entire mansion was enveloped in that mysterious silver glow.

Looking around, the whole courtyard became boundless, everyone suspended in a void with the Nine Cauldrons, now star-sized and gleaming with strange light, rumbling loudly as they moved in a bizarre trajectory overhead.

"What are they doing?" Feeling the vibrations from the Nine Cauldrons nearby, Long Xuhu asked Xuan Tian with a puzzled expression.

With a grave look, and sharp light bursting from his eyes, Xuan Tian said, "I've heard that the Ancestor of Ten Thousand Demons once obtained nine cauldrons shimmering with Black Light in a peculiar space! Centered around these nine cauldrons, he created a set of forbidden arts! This is bad, Li Daoist Friend is in trouble now..."

...

The Nine Cauldrons spun faster and faster when suddenly, a black speck the size of a little finger appeared out of nowhere at the periphery of the Array outside the Cold Origin Ancient City. As the Nine Cauldrons rotated, an extremely dark vortex appeared, and the Nine Heavens Gang Wind rose for no reason, filling the sky with dust and sand.

The abundant nature's spiritual energy within the Cold Origin City became chaotic, and the ancient walls that had stood for billions of years began to tremble violently. The nature's spiritual energy, flowing everywhere, shook them to a 'humming' sound.

At this moment, the Ying Yi brothers suddenly made a light slash on their wrists, and a spray of blood jetted out from the slit, soaring towards the Nine Cauldrons. They also began to shout out loud, "Great Dao bears witness, today Ying Yi (Ying Yi, Ying Yi) is willing to offer my own Dao Body as a Rule Dao Body, to prolong the Power of Death Rules! Nine Cauldrons, merge!"

Nine deep black cauldrons suddenly stopped spinning and emitted a strong Black Light.

Strange Tao Runes moved unpredictably on the surface of the Nine Cauldrons, the immense Power of Death Rules making the Nine Cauldrons 'hum' with sound, and they emitted a layer of Black Light about half a foot tall.

With a loud "crack" sound, nine bolts of lightning struck down from the black spot that appeared in the Heavenly Vault, hitting the Nine Cauldrons squarely.

The Nine Cauldrons shone with dazzling light, and nine black beams of light soared into the skies, merging into one another; ultimately, the Nine Cauldrons transformed into three, and in the blink of an eye, they completely merged into one.

At this moment, the figures of Ying Yi brothers also started to become illusory, and in the end, they turned into a mass of pitch-black mist, pouring into the remaining Big Cauldron that was formed from the merger of the Nine Cauldrons.

The black spot in the Heavenly Vault grew larger and larger, gradually evolving into an enormous space rift.

"Now is the moment, go!" Shadow Four shouted loudly, pulling Shadow Five and Shadow Six along while transforming into beams of light shooting towards the space rift.

"Trying to escape?" Li Qingming let out a cold snort. His figure shot forward, intending to block their path.

"Whoosh!"

Suddenly, a tall figure burst out from the Big Cauldron that had merged from the nine and stood in front of Li Qingming.

A darkness before him, Li Qingming thought to himself, bad luck! When he looked up, however, he saw a monstrous figure.

The towering figure that emerged from the cauldron was about seventy feet tall, with muscles knotted all over its body and only wearing a type of beast skin battle skirt around its lower body.

Its head had some similarities to the innate body of a living creature but was also distinctly different.

On its head were nine small protrusions. The one on its forehead was longer, while the other eight were relatively shorter. Looking down, it had leopard eyes and eyebrows, and four protruding fangs protruded from its mouth, giving it a fierce and ferocious appearance.

Most crucially, it wielded the immense Power of Death Rules, terrifyingly formidable!

"Rule Dao Body!" Li Qingming slowly enunciated this name, yet his heart was churning with towering waves.

These Ying Yi brothers were indeed ruthless! They were ruthless not only to their enemies but even more so to themselves! They were willing to give up their Saint cultivation, abandon their lives of ten thousand years, just to invoke the Rule Dao Body, seeking a way out for their remaining brothers.

"Roar!"

The Dao Body formed by the Death Rule let out a ferocious roar and lightly pointed a single finger towards Li Qingming.

"Whoosh!"

With a slight sound, a black beam with flecks of silver light shot out from the fingertips of the Rule Dao Body, tearing through the Heavenly Vault, mighty and relentless, and entwined with countless Yin Souls and Fierce Souls full of resentment from the Nine Heavens, it lunged towards Li Qingming.

Li Qingming had no time for anything else. Facing the attack of a Rule Dao Body on the Half-step Heavenly Dao Level, if he were to be distracted, it would pretty much be akin to seeking death.

He lightly patted behind with his right hand, and the ancient Bitter Bamboo Sword suddenly subdued its remaining tidbit of Qing Light and became shapeless and traceless.

In the next second, the Longsword already arrived at the top of the Heavenly Vault, "rumbling" with the roaring of billions of layers of Heavenly Fire and thunder, crashing down.

The colorless and formless Sword Qi thundered down, splitting the terrifying beam that was rushing down right towards it into two. All the Yin Souls and Fierce Souls brought forth by the Power of Death Rules also let out a shriek, dissipating in the Heavenly Vault above.

"Roar!"

Sensing Li Qingming's position, who dodged the Death Light beam, the Rule Dao Body let out an enraged roar, with its nine horns on its head flickering with Red Light. In the blink of an eye, one after another, huge Stars emerged in front of him, as he stood like a Demon God entering the world, exuding a terrifying pressure.

"Boom!"

It was a manipulation of the Rule, as he pushed down with one hand, and those giant Stars followed suit, tumbling down. Ancient Stars turned, the river of stars flowed, and it seemed as if the entire Star Domain exposed over the Cold Origin City had crashed down, exceedingly daunting.

Ye Fan's ancient Longsword resonated, colliding with the Stars one after the other, and waves upon waves of killing intent rose up, sending them shattering one by one.

The Void was incessantly rumbling. The Longsword and the Stars collided, unleashing an incredibly frightening force, tearing the Heavenly Vault.

The Rule Dao Body formed by the Death Rule stood under the rift, controlling the Stars as they fell, attempting to arrange them into an Array to trap Li Qingming and refine him to death.

Of course, Li Qingming was not about to sit and wait for death. Under his feet, the glimmering Power of Spatial Law flashed, and every time a Star fell close to him, he managed to send it flying by a hair's breadth, even directly shattering them. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendation tickets, monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile users please go to m.qidian.com to read.)